It was a solo walk around the beautiful Upton Country Park searching for butterflies.

This was in aid of the Big Butterfly Count that occurs every summer to assess the health of the UKs native butterflies.

Unfortunately the cloudy weather must have been putting them off as no butterflies were spotted but it was still lovely to walk around the gardens.

Francis and Kim joined Trees of Wimborne once again to help manage the young trees that were planted 3 years ago.

The hardest part was spotting the little saplings in there plastic covers in the hedgerows that have grown around them since! Once spotted they chopped back the growth of brambles and other vegetation to give the trees more space to grow and the light they need.

Thank you to Trees of Wimborne for having us!

Mary and Kim returned to the Cornerstone Patch in Hamworthy, this time to plant tomato plants.

It was a scorching hot day so they took it slow with lots of watering of the plants.

It was great to see the garden so green and full of butterflies and bees in such an urban area.

Francis, James and Kim were clearing the overgrown paths at Hamworthy Park that have been making it particularly difficult for wheelchair users to enjoy the beautiful park.

They cleared many buckets of dirt and grass and Francis even used his ‘eco broom’ to make sure the paths were especially tidy!

We’ll be arranging to go back there over the rest of the summer to continue with more of the paths

Building a flat pack has been know to cause arguments but there was nothing but good team work and fun had when building the gazebo for Forest Holme Hospices fund raising event.

With no instructions and just a pile of bolts and parts of frame it may have taken a few initial mistakes to work it out in no time at all the gazebo was up and ready for the event!

The public could write a note to a missed loved one and tie it to the gazebo. The gazebo was then going to be moved to the garden at the hospice for the summer.

It was a hot and sunny morning at the beautiful Upton Country Park for the Junior Parkrun.

I walked, ran and at one point even skipped my way around the 2k course trying to keep up with the speedy, enthusiastic runners, ensuring none of the participants aged between 4 and 14 (and their grown ups!) didn't get left behind.